Instructions

Recommendations for Authors

Articles submitted for publication in the Journal of Nakhon Ratchasima Civil Society must be articles that have never been published or are under consideration by qualified persons for publication in other journals. The authors of the articles must strictly comply with the criteria for submitting academic articles or research articles for publication in the Journal of Nakhon Ratchasima Civil Society, including the reference system that must comply with the journal's criteria.

The views and opinions expressed in articles in the Journal of Nakhon Ratchasima Civil Society are the responsibility of the authors of those articles and are not the views and responsibility of the editorial board of the Journal of Nakhon Ratchasima Civil Society. Authors must also take into account research ethics, not violate or copy the work of others as their own, and the Journal of Nakhon Ratchasima Civil Society conducts a duplication check using the CopyCat program on the Thaijo website at a level not exceeding 25%, effective from January 2024 onwards.

The fee for publishing articles in the Journal of Nakhon Ratchasima Civil Society is 3,500 baht per article, with the following details:

The article quality assessment fee of 2,000 baht is collected when the original article is submitted to the system.
The article publication fee is 1,500 baht, which is collected when your article is considered by the editor to be published in the journal.
In addition, the journal does not refund the fee to authors in any case.

Submitting articles to the Thaijo system for publication

Online Submission can be submitted online via the website of the Journal of Civil Society of Nakhon Ratchasima at https://journalnkrcs.com/home/index.php. Once the submission is complete, please provide additional information via Email: muchakhonrat@gmail.com

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Manuscript Preparation

1) The manuscript must be 8-12 pages long, A4 or B5 (including references), printed on one side of paper, using THSarabunPSK font (font size, click to see an example), set the page size to leave a 1-inch top, left, and bottom margin, set the line spacing to 1, and leave a line between each paragraph. The presentation of images and tables must be presented with clear images and tables with image numbers indicated below. Type in bold, such as Table 1 and Figure 1. The presented images must contain complete and understandable information without having to go back and read the text again. Specify the order of each image to be consistent with the content in the original. The description must be concise and consistent with the presented images.

2) The title must be in Thai and English, printed on the first page in the center.

3) The author's name, both in Thai and English, must state the highest level of education, and academic position must be printed in normal letters under the title, indented to the right. The number must be superscripted at the end of the author's name to show details about academic position and name of the organization. No more than 5 authors can be listed per article.

4) There must be a Thai abstract with 300 words per abstract.

5) Specify keywords in both Thai and English.

6) Arrange the headings. The largest heading must be printed flush with the left margin. Sub-headings must be spaced 3-5 characters apart from the main heading. The 6th character and sub-headings must be of the same size. They must be typed in alignment. When starting a main heading, there should be an additional 0.5 line spacing.

7) When using numbers, abbreviations, and parentheses, all Arabic numerals should be used. Use only universal abbreviations (indicate the full word first). The English parentheses should be as follows (Student centered learning)

The research article should be arranged in the following order:

1) Abstract: Presents the research objectives, research methods, and research results in a concise and brief summary.

2) Introduction: Identifies the importance of the research problem, conceptual framework, and research objectives.

3) Research Methodology: Identifies the research design, sample acquisition, and sample size determination, research instruments, data collection methods, and data analysis.

4) Research Results/Experimental Results: Presents the results found in accordance with the research objectives in a clear order. They should be presented in the form of tables or charts.

5) Discussion: Presents an essay, indicating the linkage of the research results with the conceptual framework and past research. It should not be discussed in points, but rather indicates the linkage of all the studied variables.

6) Conclusion: Identifies important conclusions and suggestions for applying the research results, and issues for further research.

7) References (References) Must be a list that is referenced in footnotes only.

Special articles, academic articles, review articles, miscellaneous articles, review articles, books, should be arranged in the following order:

1) Abstract

2) Introduction

3) Content, showing the main points to be presented in order.

4) Conclusion

5) Suggestions

6) References (Reference) References in the content use the APA system.

Reference system and academic references with examples (click to see examples)

Format for publishing articles in the Journal of Nakhon Ratchasima Civil Society

The original article submitted for consideration for publication in the journal must be in the format of a *.docx file of Microsoft Word Version 20.